Anamocot

France, Cameroon- Special Mention at Nyon Visions du Reel International Feature Film competition 2025

Documentary by Marie Voignier

Synopsis

After a 20-year long fruitless search in the Cameroonian forest, Frenchman Michel Ballot is on the verge of giving up his lifelong quest to find the mysterious creature known as the Mokélé-Mbembé. Turning to local initiates for help, and torn between ancestral wisdom and scientific evidence, he embarks on a final journey into powers, knowledge and the unseen. Continuer la lecture →

Boong

India, Toronto Discovery 2024

First feature film by Lakshmipriya Devi

Synopsis

In the valley of Manipur, Boong (*a little boy) plans to surprise his mother with a gift. In his innocence, he believes that bringing his father back home would be the most special gift. His search for his father culminates into an unexpected gift – a new beginning…. Continuer la lecture →

East of Noon

Netherlands, Egypt. Cannes Director’s Fortnight 2024

Hala Elkoussy

Synopsis

Set in a confined world outside time, East of Noon is the fable of prodigy ABDO (19) who uses music to rebel against his elders: showman SHAWKY (70), an eccentric showman who rules with a mix of performance and fear, and storyteller JALALA (75), who provides relief with stories of the Sea, which no one else has seen. East of Noon is a satire on the inner workings of an ailing autocracy and its inherent vulnerability to youth’s unchained vision of a better world. Continuer la lecture →

Monikondee

Suriname, Netherlands- Paris Cinema du Reel competition 2025- Cultural Intangible Heritage Award

Documentary by Lonnie van Brummelen, Siebren de Haan & Tolin Alexander

Synopsis

A boatman delivers cargo to remote Indigenous and Maroon communities along the river that borders Suriname and French Guiana. His winding journey provides an inside look at the complex challenge of preserving local customs amid rampant gold mining, multinational corporations, and a changing climate. Continuer la lecture →

Shadowbox

India, Berlinale Perspectives 2025

First feature film by Tanushree Das & Saumyananda Sahi

Synopsis

In a suburb of Kolkata, Maya works multiple jobs: cleaning houses, working on a chicken farm and ironing laundry. When Maya’s husband, a retired soldier suffering from PTSD, goes missing in the middle of the night under suspicious circumstances, she and her teenage son struggle to keep their family together. Continuer la lecture →

The Shipwrecked Triptych

Netherlands, Germany- Rotterdam Bright Future 2025

First feature film by Deniz Eroglu

Synopsis

The Shipwrecked Triptych » is a 90-minute anthology film that employs the universal metaphor of shipwreck to examine human fragility and the precarious boundary between existence and nonexistence. Across three distinct episodes – each defined by its own era, style, and genre – shared visual motifs and thematic currents tether these disparate worlds, challenging viewers to confront the delicate ties that bind us to life. Continuer la lecture →

Trillion

Norway, IDFA Envision competition 2025

Documentary by Victor Kossakovsky

Synopsis

Director Victor Kossakovsky offers a cinematic and wordless interpretation of the Myth

of Sisyphus* in TRILLION, the second installment of his “empathy trilogy” that began

with GUNDA (2020). Rooted in an unfolding, real-life event in collaboration with the

artist known as K49814, the film transcends documentation.

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When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea

Germany, Ukraine- Berlinale Forum 2025

Documentary by Eva Neymann

Synopsis

Street cats, islands of light, flings, losses, and con- scriptions. From the people of Odesa and their cats, whom Eva Neymann portrays with gentle care, she seeks to uncover their dreams when war destroys all certainty. Continuer la lecture →